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Aparna Raj (former chair of Metro DC DSA) becomes the fourth Fair Elections candidate registered for next year's Ward 1 Democratic primary for DC Council. #DCElections
https://fairelections.ocf.dc.gov/public/registrantDisclosureDetails/158

DC OCF Fair Elections Program

Keith Ivey 15h ago

Ars Technica 15h ago

Reddit blocks Internet Archive to end sneaky AI scraping
The Internet Archive confirmed it's in ongoing discussions with Reddit after block.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/reddit-blocks-internet-archive-to-end-sneaky-ai-scraping/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Keith Ivey 1d ago

Free DC is holding a press conference and rally tomorrow morning in response to Trump's new attack on DC. Monday, Aug 11, 10am, 815 16th St NW.
https://freedcproject.org/event-list/dc-is-our-home-trump-cant-have-it #DCPolitics #DCStatehood

DC is our home. Trump can't have it. — Free DC

On Monday, August 11, Free DC and partners will hold a press conference and rally to make it clear DC belongs to DC residents.

Free DC

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Keith Ivey 3d ago

Shortly after being sworn back into the DC Council seat he was expelled from, Trayon White says the FBI is trying to kill him. #DCPolitics
https://xcancel.com/SpencerSays/status/1953887344668684739#m

Keith Ivey 3d ago

Rob Pegoraro 3d ago

It takes a lot for me to swear off doing any business with a company. But trying to make a buck off the Trump administration's human-rights abuses while trying to stop a fellow journalist's attempt to call them out for it more than clears that bar.

http://robpegoraro.com/2025/08/08/why-avelo-airlines-isnt-in-my-flight-plans-and-wont-be-anytime-soon/

Why Avelo Airlines isn’t in my flight plans and won’t be anytime soon

LAS VEGAS The last two years, Avelo Airlines has provided a cheap, conveniently-scheduled option for short-haul flights from here to smaller California airports at the end of Black Hat–Santa …

Rob Pegoraro

Keith Ivey 3d ago

Trayon White has officially returned to the DC Council that expelled him earlier this year. He won the special election with less than 28% of the vote. #DCElections
https://dccouncil.gov/council/councilmember-trayon-white-sr/

Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White, Sr. • Council of the District of Columbia

Mr. Trayon White, Sr., a native Washingtonian, was born and raised in Southeast, DC. He was reared by his very devoted grandmother, Jean Ann Roberts; Uncle Ronell White; and mother, […]

Council of the District of Columbia

Keith Ivey 3d ago

One hundred years ago today, tens of thousands of Ku Klux Klansmen marched in the streets of Washington, DC.
https://boundarystones.weta.org/2019/12/11/when-klan-descended-washington

When the Klan Descended on Washington

On August 8, 1925 the KKK descended on Washington and had what observers called the "greatest un-masked demonstration ever staged by the secret order”

Boundary Stones

Keith Ivey 4d ago

Kieran Healy 4d ago

I had the Blueberry talk with GPT5. https://kieranhealy.org/blog/archives/2025/08/07/blueberry-hill/

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Keith Ivey 5d ago

I'd already forgotten Vance's trip to the Colosseum in April.
https://bsky.app/profile/donmoyn.bsky.social/post/3lvrbxdiuy22b

Don Moynihan (@donmoyn.bsky.social)

One of the worst abuses of power since the last Vance abuse of power, when the Colosseum was shut down so his family could visit [contains quote post or other embedded content]

Bluesky Social

Keith Ivey 5d ago

We've got to cut government to the bone for efficiency, but it's OK for the Army Corps of Engineers to manipulate the water level of a lake so that the VP can have a better time canoeing on his birthday trip? Also, how many vacations has Vance taken in the less than 7 months he's been in the job?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/06/jd-vance-ohio-lake-water-levels

JD Vance’s team had water level of Ohio river raised for family’s boating trip

Exclusive: Incident raises questions of exploitation of public services, but Secret Service says it was requested for ‘safe navigation’

The Guardian

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